Training, supervision, and experience of coaches offering digital guided self-help for mental health concerns.

Autor:	Fitzsimmons-Craft EE; Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States., Rojas E; Center for m (2) Health, Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, CA, United States., Topooco N; Center for m (2) Health, Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, CA, United States.; Department of Behavioral Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden., Rackoff GN; Department of Psychology, State College, Penn State University, University Park, PA, United States., Zainal NH; Harvard Medical School, Department of Healthcare Policy, Boston, MA, United States., Eisenberg D; Department of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health at UCLA, Ann Arbor, MI, United States., Shah J; Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States., Desage C; Children and Adolescents Psychotherapy and Technology Lab, Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, CA, United States., Wilfley DE; Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States., Taylor CB; Center for m (2) Health, Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, CA, United States.; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States., Newman MG; Department of Psychology, State College, Penn State University, University Park, PA, United States.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in psychology [Front Psychol] 2023 Nov 22; Vol. 14, pp. 1217698. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Nov 22 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI:	10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1217698
Abstrakt:	Accessible, low-cost intervention options are necessary to address the rise in mental health problems among college students. Digital guided self-help, or coached, programs have been developed to provide such services, with many commercially available. As such, there are a large and growing number of individuals coaching these programs. However, an unmet need is to evaluate and assess best practices for training and supervising individuals in these positions. To this end, we describe how we recruited, trained, and supervised coaches as part of a large randomized controlled trial using a widely available digital commercial platform. Coaches were trained to provide digital guided self-help for depression, anxiety, and/or eating disorders for college students. Coaches initially attended three live training sessions over 2-3 weeks, viewed multiple training videos, and read a detailed coaching manual developed by our team. Thereafter, they attended weekly supervision. Following their term, coaches completed an exit survey to assess their supervision and training experiences. A total of 37 of 70 (53%) graduate-level student coaches completed the survey. The experience was reported as very positive (95%). In particular, the majority reported feeling well prepared, more confident, and felt they had developed useful skills for their own practice. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2023 Fitzsimmons-Craft, Rojas, Topooco, Rackoff, Zainal, Eisenberg, Shah, Desage, Wilfley, Taylor and Newman.)
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